Where are you..?

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It was the night of the event down in Beacon, I was currently in Ozpins office with Oz, Glynda and Azmuth as I gave a run down on what had happened, avoiding the details with Team RWBY being involved directly to start with. "Roman Torchwick knows my position as a teacher, at least part time, in Beacon. Now he also knows my name because I was tricked into giving the information. Not only that but he has earned most of the White Fangs trust, and has a powerful ally in the form of a woman known as 'Neo'. The worst of it is he had a massive mech which he described as 'Atlas' newest line of defense', If Team RWBY and their two friends wasn't in the area and had provided assistance the damages would've been catastrophic." I finished as Glynda had an angry look on her face.
"As angry as I am for you getting involved with Torchwick again...at least you are safe." Glynda sighed.
"This is troubling information indeed, not only does he know of your standing in this school but he also has some of Ironwood's Paladin-290's...did you find out how many of them he had access to?" Ozpin asked as I shook my head.
"Not a definitive number, but he said he had a few in a south east base," I responded "Is there any way Ironwood implemented a tracking chip into the Robots?"
"He did, however we can assume our enemies have dealt with the chips. Though we can investigate if there is a shortage in stock and where they were last seen." Ozpin said with a worried look on his face.
"One more thing, Glynda can we finally try unlocking my Aura? I told Team RWBY I had been knocked out and Blake responded with my Aura should've protected me, it's clear if I have any I need it in order to continue." I asked Professor Goodwitch who nodded.
"Of course, I would be lying if I said the thought hadn't crossed my mind.
"The problem here is the Ultimatrix, the fail safe might interfere with Ben unlocking his Aura due to it being something unfamiliar to our universe. Should Ben even have Aura, it's not known if he can access it...unless I made changes to the Ultimatrix." Azmuth said as he looked towards the watch.
"Then let's do that Azmuth!" I said as I held out the watch for the Galvan.
"It's not that simple Ben, to do this I'll have to remove the watch for at least a week or two. You will be powerless." Azmuth said seriously as I hesitated.
Slowly I lowered the watch before looking to Glynda and Ozpin "Under normal circumstances I would accept this unconditionally...but before I do I need to know Team CVFY doesn't need my help...if they need me and I'm unarmed not being able to help them, I won't forgive myself." I asked as Ozpin sighed.
"For now they are fine, they have made themselves at home in Patch with a former student of Beacon- The father of Yang Xiao Long actually. They will be fine if you take a week off, we will also give this time as a holiday for you, it also coincides with the ball in seven days' time." Ozpin nodded with a soft smile as my face lowered, remembering Velvet as he mentioned the ball.
"Right...yeah...here you go Azmuth." I held out the watch as the Galvan hopped over and disarmed the Ultimatrix.
"Whilst I have it, I'll attempt to unlock another alien or two for you Ben." Azmuth said as I nodded and walked to the elevator with him, still obviously worried for my best friend.

A few days passed, and I was wandering through the school when classes broke out. My sleep had been getting fewer and fewer by the days, the worry I had for my closest friends in this world. I hadn't got this worked up since I was a kid and had just taken off the Omnitrix when I lost Feedback, the fear was eating up the insides of me and was clouding my thoughts. Not paying attention to where I was going I felt myself bump into someone and due to my lack of attention, I fell backwards. Looking up I saw Weiss, Ruby and Yang. Ruby looked at me worried as she held out her hand which I took as she helped me to my feet "You doing alright Ben? We haven't seen you since Vale." Ruby asked as I sighed and nodded.
"Yeah, just worried a bit." I smiled softly as Ruby looked down and immediately noticed the change with me.
"Ben, where is your Ultimatrix?" Ruby asked worried as I shrugged.
"It's currently getting worked on by Glynda- Sorry Professor Goodwitch, she is helping me with trying to upgrade it." I lied.
"But how much does Goodwitch understand about the watch?" Weiss asked.
"More then you know." I chuckled, looking back at Blake who just shrugged Sun off and walked past us with bags under her eyes, similar to mine.
"And I thought you would understand that." Was all I heard from her as she left.
"I guess she is taking the whole White Fang situation at heart." I softly said as I watched Blake walked away.
"She is, we should probably catch up with her though. See you around Ben." Ruby waved with a worried look on her face as she left.

Another few days had passed, and I was currently in my room doing nothing, A sigh left my lips as I looked at my scroll which was vacant with activity. Normally when I had time off back in my world I would spend it with either Grandpa Max or Gwen, here the closest thing I had to either of them was either Team RWBY, Glynda or even Azmuth and without Team CVFY I was just left to my own devices. I would occasionally take walks around the school however it didn't help with my stress. Deciding to go on another walk (my third one today), I got up and headed to my closet. I went to reach for my green and black jacket however I slowly grabbed my white and green hoodie instead, the green and black is iconic to me however if I'm just getting fresh air why should I care to go along with my style? I slung the hoodie on, slipped my scroll into my pocket and left my room to vacantly walk around the campus.

Classes was in the middle of session so I walked towards the canteen in order to get some food however my walk was interrupted by Weiss who was looking down whilst sitting on a bench, she noticed me and got to her feet. "Hey Ben, you look terrible." She honestly said as I chuckled.
"It's just a change in jacket Weiss, it's not that bad." I softly smiled.
"Not that, you're in as bad of a state as Blake. Is Team CVFY being gone really affecting you so much?" Weiss asked as I nodded.
"I...I've had nothing to do this whole week, it's let my worries eat at me. I asked Ozpin if I could attend a class to take my mind of it but he advised against it saying I needed to rest." I explained as my smile slowly dropped to a tired expression.
"Yeah, he's right- how much sleep are you getting Ben?" Weiss asked as I looked away awkwardly.
"Let's not get into that." I awkwardly said as she got closer and forced me to look at her by grabbing her head.
"Oh no you don't, we already have Blake being this antisocial we don't need you too. Please tell me you're not planning on going to the dance like that?" Weiss asked as I shrugged.
"Might not even go, haven't decided or not if I want to." I explained as Weiss shook her head.
"Why, because you'll be alone?" Weiss asked as I nodded slightly.
"Yeah, kinda. I'll just be mingling with the professors whilst everyone had fun and dancing with their partners." I responded.
"Then you're going with me," She said as I went to refuse but she raised her hand "I already had Neptune turn me down, I won't do that a second time. Get your rest because tomorrow evening, you'll need it." Weiss said as she walked into the event hall where she started setting up a couple of banners.
"Thanks Weiss." I softly said as I felt my phone vibrate telling me the Ultimatrix would be ready in two day's time.

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